Upasampadā (Pali) literally means `approaching or nearing the ascetic tradition.` In more common parlance it specifically refers to the rite of ordination by which one undertakes the Buddhist monastic life. According to Buddhist monastic codes (Vinaya), a person must be 20 years old in order to become a monk or nun. A person under the age of 20.....
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Acceptance; full ordination as a bhikkhu or bhikkhunī. See pabbajjā.
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Buddhist rite of higher ordination, by which a novice becomes a monk, or bhikhu (Pali: bhikkhu; Sanskrit: bhikshu). Ordination is not necessarily ... [1 related articles]
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